A Detroit Titans players leaps out in an attempt to tackle a Macomb County Wolverine player as he ran the ball downfield during a Genesee County Pop Warner "Homecoming" football game in Mount Morris, Mich. on Saturday, September 29, 2012.Griffin Moores

All Pop Warner participants will receive awards and dinner will be served at the black
tie event on Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Riverfront Banquet Center in downtown
Flint at 7 p.m.

Dinner prices for adults are $25 and $15 for children. All Pop Warner football and cheer participants are free.

"We just want to make sure that we stress that it's all
about the books and those academic kids get acknowledged more so than just the
athletic kids," Genesee County Pop Warner President Sean Brandon said.

The Genesee County Pop Warner league completed its third
straight season in Flint. All of the kids will get an award for successful
completion but the kids with a 3.0 grade point average or above will get an
additional trophy for academics.

"It's just a win-win situation to allow these community
members to start to get involved and a lot of people want to see this Pop
Warner thing work and we're going to do our thing to keep it going as long as
we possibly can," Brandon said. "Everybody
seems to be getting on board but we've got to continue to do our part."